Word Meaning 烏蛇

からすへび karasuhebi

烏蛇 is read as からすへび (karasuhebi) and means black Japanese striped snake (Elaphe quadrivirgata).

Meaning

English

black Japanese striped snake (Elaphe quadrivirgata)
Japanese black ratsnake

Reading

Kana

からすへび

Romaji

karasuhebi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 157039 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

烏

からす

crow (Corvus spp.)

烏帽子

えぼし

eboshi

蛇

じゃ

snake

大蛇

おろち

big snake

八岐大蛇

やまたのおろち

eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

長蛇

ちょうだ

long line (of people, etc.)

金蛇

かなへび

lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)

高千穂蛇

たかちほへび

Japanese odd-scaled snake (Achalinus spinalis)

委蛇

いい

winding

川蛇

かわへび

Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)

蛇行

だこう

meandering

蛇の目

じゃのめ

umbrella with bull's-eye pattern